| Ben
Gibbard On "Passenger's Seat"
"'Passenger's Seat' was written, and as I
say this it sounds a little gaggy, but it was written in late September of
2001. I think I just wanted to create a more carefree, intimate moment in a
song, especially because of everything that was happening around us at that time. That
kind of sense that there's moments in life ... they make every problem disappear
for a split second. I think at that time I really needed that."
On "I Will Follow You
Into The Dark"
"'I
Will Follow You Into The Dark' is one of the best songs I've written,
probably in the top three. When putting it together,
we were like, 'We've got all these songs, let's not overthink it, let's just
make the record. We're not going to live in fear of critics anymore, we've
sold too many records to care what indie rockers think, and people have even
made their minds up about this record before they've even heard it. So, we're
just going to make it.' And for every person who loves it there's the old
fan who's saying, 'They're old shit is better.' Not to name drop, but I was
talking to Mike Mills from REM, and he says people still come up to him and
say that 'Murmur' is the only good thing they ever did. Those people are
always going to be there."
On Current Projects
"Right now I'm working on a soundtrack with Steve Fisk,
produced by AJ Schnack (who made the critically lauded They Might Be Giants
documentary Gigantic),
who's working on a movie about Kurt Cobain based on
all the tapes he made with Michael Azerrad for the Come As You Are book.
It's 24 hours of tapes condensed down to three acts: Aberdeen, Olympia, and
Seattle. With Kurt just talking about it. Right now and before we leave for
Europe I'm basically living over at Steve's house composing the music for
this thing. That's been my main focus towards the tour, I haven't even
picked up a pen to write Deathcab songs."
On
A Postal
Service Follow-Up (which at last count sound-scanned over
800,000 for Sub Pop)
"Jimmy (Tamborello) of the Postal
Service is working on two other albums, and I wouldn't even have time to
start working on it if he sent it to me anyways."
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